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8 January 2000
Amiga Incorporated has entered into a strategic relationship
with Tao Groupfor the New Amiga
Contact: Francis Charig, Tao-Group Bill McEwen, Amiga Incorporated 425.413.2620
Las Vegas, January 8, 2000 - Amiga Incorporated, a
privately heldcompany based in Maple Valley, WA, has entered into a
strategic relationshipwith the Tao Group as the new content
platform foundation partner for thenew Amiga. Terms of the
transaction were not disclosed. Bill McEwen, AmigaPresident/CEO,
said that the company selected Tao as the foundation partnerfor the
new Amiga after reviewing numerous other potential partners.
"Afterextensive research trawling the markets we found that Tao had
the greatestsimilarities and strengths with our vision, and the
capabilities to getthe job done". McEwen said. "Amiga with Tao
together will bring a new levelof capabilities, portability and
scalability never available before." "Taohas its roots in the Amiga
so this is particularly satisfying for us" saidFrancis Charig,
Chairman and CEO of Tao Group. "What makes this relationshipso
exciting to Tao is the relationship we can enjoy with Amiga and
theAmiga Community. The world has changed radically in the last few
yearsand there is a vacuum in terms of content and software
environments thatmeets the needs of the mass market. The skill sets
of the Amiga communitycombined with the power and flexibility of
Tao's software infrastructuremeans that the New Amiga can create
the most compelling content for theemerging digital services and
content markets."
ABOUT AMIGA
Amiga Incorporated is dedicated to the development, design, and
implementationof components, services, and models that support the
digital experienceof tomorrow. Amiga lead the world into the
multi-media experience in theearly 80's, and will lead it into the
Digital content universe of the future.
ABOUT TAO
Tao Group is an intellectual property generator and software
companyspecializing in technologies for home and mobile networks.
Incorporatedin 1992, the Company provides leading edge products for
the emerging marketsof intelligent consumer devices. The company's
philosophy is based on providingpowerful frameworks for use right
across the range of networked appliancesfrom smart phones to
digital television into which Tao's clients can buildin their own
branding and incorporate their own added value. Tao's
clientsinclude blue chip technology corporations in the United
States, Japan andEurope. Motorola and Sony are investors in Tao
Group. Tao is headquarteredin Reading, United Kingdom, with
representation in Japan and the US, andits staff includes more than
fifty world-class software engineers. Taois a Deloitte & Touche
Fast 50 Winner and has won a series of innovation
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